Reader Mage-Stubbing August 10! Chapter 61: 61-No Freezing In My Class

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Merlin couldn’t find the right words to characterize the disturbance that stormed his brain at Lee Jaehyun’s reveal. And it seemed he wasn’t the only one, because every single person in the class gasped. It was apparent that they too had come to the conclusion that gravity was one powerhouse of a Hex to have. And that was not the crux of it all either; after all, it was none other than the S-Class Mage, who was also the grandson of the president of South Korea, and the son of the Guildmaster of one of the top five guilds in the country, the Tiger Guild, who had this Hex? Merlin took back his words. If the boy had no real friends, then that was probably the universe trying to even the playground for peasants like him. What was up with the boy having so many great things at his disposal? Life really was unfair. One thing flashed into Merlin’s mind at that moment, however, and it was how his Reader Mage Perk would fare against something like gravity. It was already absurd that something such as that could be controlled by a Mage—Merlin had never heard of it being possible before now, and it had not been an ability that had been present in Singularity Mage, at least not in all the parts he’d read—it would be even more crazy if he was really able to deconstruct something like that. Merlin felt a burning desire to test his theory out. But, not even considering that gravity was one overpowered Hex, Lee Jaehyun was an S-Class Mage. He was certain that he would be lucky to get away with just a broken arm if he tried deconstructing a spell from the boy. At least, in his current state. “Gravity, huh?” Professor Dmitri Volkov continued as he nudged his glasses onto the bridge of his nose, despite it not giving off any sign that it was about to fall. “And what do you know about it at the moment? The mechanics behind it, if I should be precise.” Merlin was curious about that as well, as it would prove to be helpful to him. Which was why he instantly shelved every single thought brewing in his head and listened attentively. If a Mage could control gravity, then he couldn’t rule out the possibility of a monster out there being the same. All information was welcome. Lee Jaehyun glanced at his palm and his shoulders lowered slightly. “Not much, professor,” the boy replied. “It’s a rather complicated Hex, and I’ve been unable to really figure out much about it.” “I see,” Professor Dmitri folded his arms. “Let’s hear about what you’ve figured out then.” Merlin furrowed his brows, not at Lee Jaehyun’s reply, but Professor Dmitri’s kind of pushy tone. He wondered if it had just been his ears, but the man had sounded like he, as well, had never heard of the existence of a gravity Hex. Surely, that was impossible, right? Was Lee Jaehyun really a one in a million kind of Mage? Lee Jaehyun sighed. He then glanced around the class, before sighing one more time. Merlin had seen that look before. It was the same one Chima had worn when Professor Jung had asked him a question back during the physical assessment. If Merlin was to classify it, it was a look someone had when they disliked the attention. He’d always felt like Lee Jaehyun gave off a sort of different air compared to the kind people born with golden spoons were meant to—Choi Sangook, for example—but now he was certain. He was curious about the boy. “From what we know about Construction, our mana serves as a link between the elements that make up what we control,” Lee Jaehyun started. Professor Dmitri nodded. “My mana, however, works differently. Since gravity is a force that comes as a result of the attraction between two objects, and force doesn’t have any known elements—well, chemical elements that are composed of atoms—I can’t construct it like a Fire Mage might construct the elements that make up fire.” He took a break. “Go on,” Professor Dmitri urged. “What I do, then, is turn my mana into some sort of opposition or counter to that force, depending on what spell I want to cast,” Lee Jaehyun